Hog-ring.



G. GLOGGNER.

HOG RING.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 4. 1914.

Patented Sept. 7, 1915.

COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH CO" WASHINGTON. D. C.

GERHARDT GLOGGNER, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. *7, 1915.

Application filed February 4, 1914. Serial No. 816,409.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GERHARDT GLOGGNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hog-Rings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hog rings, and it has for its object to produce a ring or device of simple and improved construction which when applied to the nose of the animal will effectually prevent rooting.

A further object of the invention is to produce a device of the class generally known as hog rings embodying a movable barbed element, which when the animal to which the ring is applied attempts to root, will be made to prick the nose of the animal, thereby causing it to desist.

With these and other ends in View Which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing,Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the device previous to being applied. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 8 is a perspective view showing the device applied to the snout of an animal.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The body of the device consists of a U- shaped loop A, the limbs or side members of which, 15, are each formed with a coil or eye 16 intermediate and about midway between the ends thereof, the free ends of said limbs being bent to form sharp-pointed hooks 17 directed toward the bridge of the yoke, said hooks, as well as the respective limbs being disposed in substantially parallel planes.

A wire rod or shaft 18 extending through the eyes 16 is bent in opposite directions at Copies of this patent may be obtained for details therein exhibited,

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the two ends thereof to form oppositely extending arms 19 which are curved and terminally pointed, as shown, said curved arms being disposed in parallel planes adjacent to the outer faces of the limbs 15, so as to be capable of swinging freely.

In applying the device to the snout of an animal, suitable tongs fashioned for the purpose are used, and the sharp pointed hooks 17 are forced through the cartilage of the nose, and the limbs or side members are further bent until the sharp pointed ends or prongs lie beneath the bridge piece 20 of the yoke, as clearly seen in Fig. 3. The device being in this position, the rod 18 having the terminal curved sharp pointed arms 19 is free to rotate, and it will be seen that when the hog attempts to root, one or the other of the prongs 19 will in which ever direction the rod 18 turns prick the nose of the animal, causing it to quickly desist.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is 1. A hog ring comprising a U-shaped loop, the limbs of which are disposed in parallel relation throughout and provided with eyes intermediate the ends thereof, the portions of the limbs beyond the eyes being bent to form hooks having sharp points directed toward the bridge of the yoke, and a rod supported loosely in the eyes of the limbs and having terminal sharp-pointed arcuate arms positioned adjacent to the outer faces of and in substantially parallel relation to the limbs of the yoke.

2. A hog ring comprising a U-shaped loop having sharp-pointed limbs partly bent for insertion through the cartilage of the nose of the animal, said limbs being substantially parallel throughout and formed with eyes intermediate the ends thereof, in combination with a rod supported loosely for rocking movement in the eyes of the limbs and having terminal sharp-pointed arcuate arms extending in opposite directions in planes adjacent and substantially parallel to the outer faces of the limbs of the yoke.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GERHARDT GLOGGNER.

Witnesses:

B. R. MARTIN, MARY DEE HAL-LEI.

by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. 6'." 

